Said Amouri
15 January 2022•Update: 17 January 2022
JERUSALEM
The preacher of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, was hospitalized late Friday after he fell ill, according to local sources.
No information is yet available about the 82-year-old Muslim scholar’s health condition.
Sheikh Sabri is a staunch critic of the decades-long Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories and was arrested several times by Israeli forces.
He previously held the position of mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories in 1994-2006.
* Writing by Ibrahim Mukhtar in Ankara.
